Man, what a change in just one game...
Last month, we dove into the Syracuse Orange's extended streak without a punt return for a touchdown. The idea was that we really haven't had a dynamic punt returner on the roster since at least 2005, and that special teams had been a disaster since Steve Gregory graduated.
Now Steve Gregory's back as the special teams quality control coach, and... well, things already (yes, I know, it was Rhode Island) look to have turned around. Within seconds of the first whistle in Friday night's game, kicker Ryan Norton had already forced a fumble on the Rhode Island return, recovered by freshman Dontae Strickland.